“Obviously something is wrong with the entire argument of "obviousness."”

—  Paul Lazarsfeld

Paul Lazarsfeld, "The American Soldier — An Expository Review", Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 13, no. 3, (1949) pp. 377-404 at p. 380; About the interpretation of results in social science as obvious.

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